Improvement in corset-steels



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Letters Patent No. 96,685, lated November 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET-STEELS.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern;

Beit known that 1, JOHNJL. FITZPATRIGK, of Waterbury, in the county of N ew Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Corset- Steels; and I- do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and

represent, in-

Fgure 1, a front view;

Figure '2, a longitudinal section; and,-iu

Figures 3 and 4, the auxiliary'springs detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manner of applying auxiliary springs to corset-steels, and consists in combining, with the steel, two plates, or springs, one end of each being rivet-ed to the steel, the other ends meeting at the centre, and slotted; and 'through the slots of both, a rivet is passed, ixed in the steel, so as to permit the two auxiliary springs to play on the said rivet.

In order to the clear understanding of my invention, as Well as to enable others to make the same, I

will proceedy to a full description thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is one steel; B, the= other, provided usual means of connection. l

G D are the two auxiliary springs applied to each steel. 'They are formed from sheet-steel, and punched at one end, a, so as to be riveted to the steel, as seen in iig. 1.

with the The other ends of the springs are slotted, as at d, andthe springs are arranged upon the steel so that the slots meet at or near the centre; 'and through the slots, a rivet, f, is passed, (see figs. 1 and 2,) so as to .hold the springs to the steel at that point, and yet permit the longitudinal playto the springs as the steel is heut. f

The springs lap nearly one-third their length at the centre, which strengthensthe steel at this point ;and, by the auxiliary springs, anv increased elasticity is given to the steel, which aids materially in retaining it in proper form.

I am aware of the patent of Francis Lee Barnes, August 31, 1869, for corset-springs, and dofnot wish I to be understood as claiming anything contained there- Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Iu corsetisprings, combining, with each principal spring, two auxiliary springs, C D, the extreme end of each rigidly secured to the principal spring, the other ends ofthe said auxiliary springs meeting near the centre of the principal spring, and slotted, and secured in position on the principal spring, substantially as set forth.

JOHN L. FITZPATRIOK.

vWitnesses:

' Jol-IN ONEILL, Jr.,

M. C. ONEILL. 

